Otero v. United States Attorney General

11th Cir.

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Citations: 832 F.2d 141, 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 15022

Decision Date: 11/13/1987

Docket Number: No. 87-5291

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Otero v. United States Attorney General, 832 F.2d 141, 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 15022 (11th Cir. 1987)

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Rolando OTERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of Florida, Richard Gerstein, Defendants-Apellees.

Judges

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, VANCE and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Attorneys

Rolando Otero, pro se.
Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Guy W. Harrison, Andrea M. Simonton, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Dept, of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., for State of Florida and Richard Gerstein.

majority PER CURIAM:

Rolando Otero filed a complaint seeking the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel defendants to investigate and prosecute a former Florida State Attorney. The district court properly dismissed the complaint with prejudice for two reasons.

First, a private citizen has no judicially cognizable interest in the prosecution or non-prosecution of another. Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614, 619, 93 S.Ct. 1146, 1149, 35 L.Ed.2d 536 (1973).

Second, prosecutorial discretion may not be controlled by a writ of mandamus. Powell v. Katzenbach, 359 F.2d 234 (D.C.Cir.1965), cert. denied, 384 U.S. 906, 86 S.Ct. 1341, 16 L.Ed.2d 359 (1966).

AFFIRMED.

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